Feasibility Study Data for the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area

What SBA's own loan files show about lending in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area, every asset class together, and what a feasibility study for a project there has to test.

The Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas record in brief

For Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, the agency's approval files hold 4,950 loans from FY2017 to FY2026, worth $2.80 billion of gross dollars. Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas stands among every metro and micro area, by loans, at 29 of 928. The core of Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas lending sits between $50,000 and $671,775, with a median near $250,000; so the median stands at 1.20x the nationwide median. In Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas the program mix is 4,197 loans in 7(a) against 753 under 504. Franchises make up 10.4% of approvals.

Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas: who and where

Inside the asset classes we list for Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, full-service restaurant leads with 236 loans, trailed by limited-service restaurant with 200 and medical office (140). Also 3,683 loans in Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas sit outside every class. Every loan in Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas sits in Clark County, NV, at 4,950 loans, so our work around Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas a single-county exercise.

Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas: holders of record

Holders shown for Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas are copied from SBA's official Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas records of the 4,950 approvals in Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, held now or earlier; the entries assign every loan and pass no judgment on how lenders underwrite. Further, under 7(a) in Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, SBA lists U.S. Bank, National Association ($103.2 million across 736 loans), then Zions Bancorporation, National Association ($140.8 million across 411 loans). For 504 lending around Clark County, NV, SBA names The Mortgage Capital Development Corporation (319 loans, $302.6 million); next, Nevada State Development Corporation, holding 301 loans worth $278.3 million. A Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas borrower may ask the leading Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas holder U.S. Bank, National Association or other Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas holders near Clark County, NV what documentation it requires, then fit the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas study to answer it.

Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas: cancellations and charge-offs

Among Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas approvals from FY2017 to FY2024, at least 12.7% were cancelled after approval in Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, and that is a floor; the real Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas figure may be higher. Besides, among disbursed Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas loans approved in FY2017 through FY2021, 7.3% have been charged off to date, again a floor; 4.9% went to charge-off within five years, across a set of 1,907 loans. Across the years, Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas peaked in FY2025 at 718 loans and $381.3 million, and was weakest in FY2020 at 340 loans and $182.1 million.

Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas: testing a project

For Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, begin with demand: who passes in Clark County, NV, who visits from nearby, set against Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas overall, and how much room 236 full-service restaurant loans leave. Cost: $250,000 is the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas median and $50,000 to $671,775 the central range, so a Clark County, NV site must price itself against that $250,000 benchmark. Repayment: Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas coverage survives a sluggish year against the 12.7% floor for cancellation with the 7.3% charge-off rate. The Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas appraisal has to support the figure assumed. Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas applies the July 2023 boundaries; a record whose county has no match appears in none of every area, Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas too, yet the totals cover loans sitting outside the named classes.

SBA loans in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY20264,950
Gross dollars approved$2.80 billion
Median loan$250,000
Middle half of loans, from$50,000
Middle half of loans, to$671,775
SBA 7(a) loans4,197
SBA 504 loans753
Franchise share of loans10.4%
Rank among metro and micro areas by loans29 of 928
Median loan against the national median1.20x

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)12.7%
The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling)13.6%
Charged off to date, FY2017 to FY2021 disbursed loans (a floor)7.3%
Charged off within five years of approval4.9%
Loans in that cohort1,907

Both rates are floors. SBA withholds the status of open loans, so a loan counts as charged off only once SBA reports it; a rate needs at least 30 loans in its cohort and is otherwise not reported.

SBA loans approved in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV Metro Area, by fiscal year

0200400600800FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 446Loans, FY2018: 451Loans, FY2019: 445Loans, FY2020: 340Loans, FY2021: 488Loans, FY2022: 446Loans, FY2023: 510Loans, FY2024: 598Loans, FY2025: 718Loans, FY2026: 508
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY2017446$235.7 million
FY2018451$187.5 million
FY2019445$214.1 million
FY2020340$182.1 million
FY2021488$396.7 million
FY2022446$256.5 million
FY2023510$319.9 million
FY2024598$309.1 million
FY2025718$381.3 million
FY2026508$318.8 million

Loans by asset class

Asset classLoans
Not in any of the 39 asset classes3,683
Full-service restaurant236
Limited-service restaurant200
Medical office (physicians)140
Automotive mechanical repair (car and truck)79
Beauty salon78
Fitness center69
Dental office60
Coffee shop and snack bar60
Child care center59
Rehabilitation and therapy clinic36
Gas station and truck stop31
Hotel and motel29
Car wash18
Assisted living (without nursing care)18
Grocery store18
Liquor store16
Caterers (includes banquet halls with catering staff)14
Veterinary clinic13
Self storage12
Nonresidential lessor (flex, office and retail investor buildings)12
Behavioral health and addiction treatment12
Data center11
School (elementary and secondary, including charter)10
Beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries)7
Urgent care and ambulatory surgery7
Skilled nursing5

Classes with 5 or more loans; smaller ones are withheld, and more where a small one could be derived.

Most active SBA lenders

SBA 504: lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
The Mortgage Capital Development Corporation319$302.6 million
Nevada State Development Corporation301$278.3 million
CDC Small Business Finance Corp.51$61.7 million
California Statewide Certified Development Corporation47$68.3 million
Mountain West Small Business Finance30$23.7 million
SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
U.S. Bank, National Association736$103.2 million
Zions Bancorporation, National Association411$140.8 million
Wells Fargo Bank National Association382$73.8 million
America First Federal Credit Union200$187.1 million
Newtek Bank, National Association161$73.4 million

Lenders with 5 or more loans here; a lender with fewer is not listed, and loans SBA or a receiver holds are counted but never listed as a lender.

Where the loans are, by county

CountyLoans
Clark County, NV4,950

Counties with 5 or more loans; smaller ones are not listed.

Metro is the CBSA (metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area) of the loan's project county, July 2023 delineation (OMB Bulletin 23-01). The county is matched by name (manifests/ld2/county-cbsa-map.csv); a loan whose county cannot be placed in a 2023 CBSA is left out of every metro.

All assets: every 7(a) and 504 approval in the metro, including those outside the 39 asset classes.

A value marked withheld rests on fewer than 5 loans, or is withheld so that such a figure cannot be derived from other published figures.

Source: U.S. Small Business Administration, 7(a) and 504 loan-level FOIA files (data.sba.gov), as of 2026-09-30; areas from the U.S. Census Bureau CBSA delineation, July 2023 (OMB Bulletin 23-01); Loan Analytics metro cell MT-29820.

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